Ninth Generation (Continued)
Merrill Cornelius Tanner (William Glenville8, Lewis Cornelius7, Lewis Casper6, Gertraud Weynacht5, Catherine Barbara Lantz4, Johann Heinrich3, Johann Heinrich2, Michael1).
Born on 18 Dec 1916 in Blue Rocks, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.40 Merrill Cornelius died in Bridgewater, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, on 4 Sep 2008; he was 91.40
Merrill Tanner went to sea at an early age and served as a crew member on the original schooner Bluenose. He was employed over the years with National Sea Products Ltd., Lunenburg, Nova Scotia working with the Company for 21 years after which he went to work with Keiths Breweries in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He later returned to National Sea Products until his retirement. He was a member of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Lunenburg where he served as an Elder and on the Board of Managers. Merrill Tanner was also a member of Unity Lodge No. 4 of the Masonic Order.
On 16 May 1939 Merrill Cornelius married
Joan Louise Knickle, daughter of
James Roy Knickle &
Elmore Grace Allen, in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
8,7 Born on 8 Aug 1919 in Blue Rocks, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.40 Joan Louise died in Bridgewater, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, on 1 Jul 2014; she was 94.40
Joan Knickle worked for 38 years as a receptionist for Dr. Rayfield Wood in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and with Dr. David Dowse at the Lunenburg Medical Centre. She retired, retiring in the early 1990s. She was an active member St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Lunenburg, where she was a member of the senior choir and was choir director of the junior choir. Joan Knickle was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Fishermen’s Memorial Hospital, Lunenburg.
Ivan Scott Tanner (William Glenville8, Lewis Cornelius7, Lewis Casper6, Gertraud Weynacht5, Catherine Barbara Lantz4, Johann Heinrich3, Johann Heinrich2, Michael1).
Born abt 1918 in Blue Rocks, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. Ivan Scott died in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, on 7 Nov 1995; he was 77.
Bernice Tanner (William Glenville8, Lewis Cornelius7, Lewis Casper6, Gertraud Weynacht5, Catherine Barbara Lantz4, Johann Heinrich3, Johann Heinrich2, Michael1).
Born abt 1919 in Blue Rocks, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
Bernice married Keith R. Knickle.
Marjorie Gladys Tanner (William Glenville8, Lewis Cornelius7, Lewis Casper6, Gertraud Weynacht5, Catherine Barbara Lantz4, Johann Heinrich3, Johann Heinrich2, Michael1).
Born on 11 Oct 1920 in Blue Rocks, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
Flora Tanner (William Glenville8, Lewis Cornelius7, Lewis Casper6, Gertraud Weynacht5, Catherine Barbara Lantz4, Johann Heinrich3, Johann Heinrich2, Michael1).
Born in Blue Rocks, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. Flora died bef 2008.
Joyce Tanner (William Glenville8, Lewis Cornelius7, Lewis Casper6, Gertraud Weynacht5, Catherine Barbara Lantz4, Johann Heinrich3, Johann Heinrich2, Michael1).
Born in Blue Rocks, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
Marilyn V. Tanner (Living) married Watson Aubrey Greek.